For thousands of years, writers have come up with increasingly creative ways to describe the “wine-dark sea.” But a new study ...

Zooplankton like copepods aren’t just fish food—they’re carbon-hauling powerhouses. By diving deep into the ocean each winter ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows ...

A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...

Nigeria, a nation blessed with a richly diverse coastal and marine environment, sits on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean with ...

As the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, Watson has long stood at the ...

A striking seasonal phenomenon is unfolding off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, as cold, nutrient-rich waters rise to the ...

Brazilian researchers discovered unborn dolphin calves already carry toxic metals absorbed from their mothers before birth.

Migration of these microscopic animals – known as a 'seasonal migrant pump' – supports carbon sequestration in the Southern ...

Nanotechnology offers practical tools to tackle food loss, energy waste, and resource inefficiencies - revealing new ...

By Sean Mowbray Ocean health is moving into a danger zone, with rampant human-caused carbon dioxide emissions having already pushed ocean acidification levels beyond safe limits in large swaths of the ...

Plankton are vital to planetary and climate stability and are therefore important contributors to human well-being.